Payload
GLOBAL-4
OperationalPayloadLEO
GLOBAL-4 is a BlackSky Global payload satellite, launched on August 19, 2019 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 19, 2019 at 12:12 PM UTC
- Launch site
- RLLB
- Launched by
- Electron →
- Operator
- Rocket Lab
- Mission
- Look Ma, No Hands (Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 381 km
- Periapsis
- 372 km
- Inclination
- 45.01°
- Orbital period
- 92.07 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- BlackSky Global
- Manufacturer
- Spaceflight Industries
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 55 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2019-054E
- NORAD catalog №
- 44499
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational
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